Checking Yourself for Burnout Instructions: For each question, click the button in the column that most

applies. Click the 'Calculate My Total' button to add up your score and check your result using the scoring table underneath. Not Question at all Do you feel run down and drained of physical or emotional energy? Do you find that you are prone to negative thinking about your job? Do you find that you are harder and less sympathetic with people than perhaps they deserve? Do you find yourself getting easily irritated by small problems, or by your co-workers and team? Do you feel misunderstood or unappreciated by your coworkers? Do you feel that you have no one to talk to? Do you feel that you are achieving less than you should? Do you feel under an unpleasant level of pressure to succeed? Do you feel that you are not getting what you want out of your job? Some times Very Often

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10 Do you feel that you are in the wrong organization or the wrong profession? 11 Are you becoming frustrated with parts of your job?

12 Do you feel that organizational politics or bureaucracy frustrate your ability to do a good job? 13 Do you feel that there is more work to do than you practically have the ability to do? 14 Do you feel that you do not have time to do many of the things that are important to doing a good quality job? 15 Do you find that you do not have time to plan as much as you would like to?

Total = 41

Score Interpretation Score 15 18 19 32 33 49 50 59 60 - 75 Comment Little sign of burnout here Little sign of burnout here, unless some factors are particularly severe Be careful - you may be at risk of burnout, particularly if several scores are high You may be at severe risk of burnout - do something about this urgently You may be at very severe risk of burnout - do something about this urgently

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